Muir aims for double repeat
LAURA MUIR will seek a second golden double in the European Indoor Championships on home soil as part of a 48-strong Great Britain and Northern Ireland team named yesterday.
Muir won the 1500m and 3,000m titles in Belgrade in 2017 and will defend them at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow next month.
The Scot, 25, smashed
Kirsty Wade’s 31-year-old indoor mile record by five seconds in Birmingham on Saturday as she cruised home in four minutes, 18.75 seconds.
Asha Philip (60m) and Andrew Pozzi (60m hurdles) also plan to defend their titles, although Pozzi’s selection is subject to him proving his fitness ahead of the championships.
A record nine Scottish athletes at the championships will include the nation’s most decorated track and field athlete Eilidh Doyle and European indoor 1500m bronze medallist Chris O’Hare, who is making the step up to 3,000m. Ojie Edoburun is the only man selected in the 60m despite not achieving the qualifying standard of 6.60 seconds, a time only Reece Prescod managed.
Prescod has opted against competing in Glasgow.